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Albanian Catholic Bulletin
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Long Live the Republic of Kosova!
Note: On July 2, 1990, the Assembly of the Socialist Autonomous Province of
Kosova (Yugoslavia), the legislative body of that Province, tried to meet at trie
Assembly's main hall, but it was denied entrance by the Serbian police. The
Government of Serbia has recently taken over the full control of the police forces
and the judiciary in the Province of Kosova against strong Albanian protests.
Offended by this unusual action of Serbian police, one hundred fourteen indignant
representatives decided to convene in the hallways of the Assembly Building and to
proceed with the agenda: the discussion on the future constitutional status of
Kosova. The attending representatives elected their colleague, Bujar Gjurxhala as
chairman. After lively debate they unanimously approved a statement read by the
representative Mr. Muharrem Shabani. The following is an unauthorized translation from the original document in Albanian. (Courtesy of Dr. Sami Repishti)
INSPIRED by the will unmistakably expressed all over Kosova by the majority of the people of Kosova
and duly elevated by the statement of the Academy of Science and Arts of Kosova regarding the new
constitutional position of Kosova, and
CONSCIOUS of the role and the status the Assembly of Kosova has as the highest representative body
of the Kosova Administration and its self-government system invested with the constitution-making
powers, the Assembly proclaims:
THE CONSTITUTIONAL DECLARATION
ON KOSOVA AS AN INDEPENDENT AND EQUAL CONSTITUENT UNIT WITHIN
THE FRAMEWORK OF THE FEDERATION (CONFEDERATION) OF YUGOSLAVIA
ENTITLED TO THE SAME CONSTITUTIONAL DENOMINATION AS THE OTHER
CONSTITUENT UNITS.
1. THIS DECLARATION EXPRESSES AND DISTINCTLY STATES THE FUNDAMENTAL ATTITUDE HELD
BY THE PEOPLE OF KOSOVA AND BY THIS ASSEMBLY TOWARD THE CONSTITUTION AND CONSIDERS IT AN ACT OF POLITICAL SELF-DETERMINATION WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF YUGOSLAVIA.
2. THIS ASSEMBLY, ON ITS OWN AND WITH ITS STANDING, IN DECLARING KOSOVA AN EQUAL
CONSTITUENT UNIT WITHIN YUGOSLAVIA, ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF GENUINE DEMOCRACY AND RESPECT FOR THE EXPRESSED WILL OF THE INDIVIDUALS, SOCIAL GROUPS AND NATIONAL COLLECTIVES, EXPECTS TO OBTAIN THE CONFIRMATION OF THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL ACT
IN THE (FORTHCOMING) CONSTITUTION OF YUGOSLAVIA AND THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE DEMOCRATIC VOICES IN YUGOSLAVIA AND OF THE INTERNATIONAL OPINION AS WELL.
124
1990

Albanian Catholic Bulletin
. ■
.
Long Live the Republic of Kosova!
Note: On July 2, 1990, the Assembly of the Socialist Autonomous Province of
Kosova (Yugoslavia), the legislative body of that Province, tried to meet at trie
Assembly's main hall, but it was denied entrance by the Serbian police. The
Government of Serbia has recently taken over the full control of the police forces
and the judiciary in the Province of Kosova against strong Albanian protests.
Offended by this unusual action of Serbian police, one hundred fourteen indignant
representatives decided to convene in the hallways of the Assembly Building and to
proceed with the agenda: the discussion on the future constitutional status of
Kosova. The attending representatives elected their colleague, Bujar Gjurxhala as
chairman. After lively debate they unanimously approved a statement read by the
representative Mr. Muharrem Shabani. The following is an unauthorized translation from the original document in Albanian. (Courtesy of Dr. Sami Repishti)
INSPIRED by the will unmistakably expressed all over Kosova by the majority of the people of Kosova
and duly elevated by the statement of the Academy of Science and Arts of Kosova regarding the new
constitutional position of Kosova, and
CONSCIOUS of the role and the status the Assembly of Kosova has as the highest representative body
of the Kosova Administration and its self-government system invested with the constitution-making
powers, the Assembly proclaims:
THE CONSTITUTIONAL DECLARATION
ON KOSOVA AS AN INDEPENDENT AND EQUAL CONSTITUENT UNIT WITHIN
THE FRAMEWORK OF THE FEDERATION (CONFEDERATION) OF YUGOSLAVIA
ENTITLED TO THE SAME CONSTITUTIONAL DENOMINATION AS THE OTHER
CONSTITUENT UNITS.
1. THIS DECLARATION EXPRESSES AND DISTINCTLY STATES THE FUNDAMENTAL ATTITUDE HELD
BY THE PEOPLE OF KOSOVA AND BY THIS ASSEMBLY TOWARD THE CONSTITUTION AND CONSIDERS IT AN ACT OF POLITICAL SELF-DETERMINATION WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF YUGOSLAVIA.
2. THIS ASSEMBLY, ON ITS OWN AND WITH ITS STANDING, IN DECLARING KOSOVA AN EQUAL
CONSTITUENT UNIT WITHIN YUGOSLAVIA, ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF GENUINE DEMOCRACY AND RESPECT FOR THE EXPRESSED WILL OF THE INDIVIDUALS, SOCIAL GROUPS AND NATIONAL COLLECTIVES, EXPECTS TO OBTAIN THE CONFIRMATION OF THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL ACT
IN THE (FORTHCOMING) CONSTITUTION OF YUGOSLAVIA AND THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE DEMOCRATIC VOICES IN YUGOSLAVIA AND OF THE INTERNATIONAL OPINION AS WELL.
124
1990